The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") recently announced that its mediation program, which has been operating in various agency field offices on a limited basis since 1995, is being implemented on a nationwide basis. Under the program, many individuals who file discrimination charges with the EEOC will be given the opportunity to participate in voluntary mediation. The mediation process is faster and more efficient than the traditional administrative process used by the EEOC.
The EEOC changed its administrative enforcement program in 1995 in an attempt to manage the 80,000 - 85,000 charges that are filed annually. Under the new charge processing system, charges are prioritized into one of three categories for investigative and resource allocation purposes. "Category A" charges are considered to be priority charges, to which the agency will devote its principal investigative and settlement efforts. "Category B" charges are those which appear to have some
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